I had some pictures in a folder, and as they were private photos I didn't want anyone else to see, I had decided to hide them, because I didn't know how to password protect them. They were in the pictures section of "My Computer," and now when I go to look at the pictures, I can't find them, and don't know how to get them back.
View 4 RepliesA multitude of files, folders and sub-folders have disappeared (all from my "Documents"). Miscellaneous sub-folders within folders have disappeared, while other sub-folders remain intact. At first I was completely lost, as the files were there not 30 minutes prior... After assuming the worst and thinking that they had corrupted or been deleted due to a virus, I:
- Made sure my folder options were set properly (I can view all hidden files)
- Thoroughly checked the recycle bin
- Did numerous searches
- Downloaded Google Desktop and searched some more
- Ran various "undelete" and "recovery" programs with no results
- Did a system restore...........
I have enabled viewing hidden files and folders. Still, some folders and files are hidden from me! Here is an example: I navigate to eMule folder, which should contain Incoming folder, but does not. I start up eMule, go to Tools and select Go To Incoming Folder and the folder opens up normally showing the files I have downloaded. This problem also exists with a game I own. I'm not able to view the map files I have created with the game. Yet when I start the editor and choose to open a previous map file, it is nicely there in the folder it is supposed to be in.
View 5 Replies View RelatedCan someone explain why I can't see these files? See http://www.jamielawson.com/personal/VistaIssues/hidden_psc_files.jpg JPG for more information. If I can't attached I will have to post on my website and repost a link. running Vista Ultimate 64 If you feel this post would be better served elsewhere (security, network sharing).
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View 5 Replies View RelatedI have enabled hidden files and protected System files in Explorer. There's about 5GB difference between the listed files and folders and the space used in drive properties. Does Vista REALLY hide things like the hibernation file? (Cos I can't see one on the C drive - pagefile is there but no hibernation file)
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View 4 Replies View Relatedi am the only account on my computer and have all admin rights set so that i can get anywhere i want. I have the "hidden folder" option enabled. When i go to view certain hidden files such as cookies or doc temp, it doesnt allow.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI somehow managed to make all of my files hidden. Then I tried to show hidden files and now files I've never seen before are on my computer. A remember pressing a read-only button (I think). My brother said I have to go to each folder one by one and change them to not be hidden, but I don't know which ones are supposed to be showing and which ones aren't. Also, is there a way to make them show without having to go one by one; since I hid them all at once, that to me would seem logical.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI am unable to view Hidden Files and Folders,From Control panel I have set the flag to show hidden files and folders, click apply and OK but when I go to the folder where there should be another folder with my files in it there is nothing, If I copy this folder to my USB hard drive and then look at it with another computer it shows the folder and files.
View 9 Replies View RelatedEven if you turn on show hidden files in Windows Explorer some files will remain hidden. These files are super hidden. Set the registry value below to 1....
View 0 Replies View RelatedI have two programs that save files to different subfolders in their Program Files folders. These programs can access these files without a problem. However, I am unable to access these files through Explorer by browsing or searching. Even when I logged in as the administrator and searched in Explorer, none of these files were found. How can they be that hidden? I need to access them. How can I access them? Vista Home
2 accounts, 1 admin, 1 user
1 program installed under admin, as Vista program and ran as user
1 program installed under user, as XP SP2 compatiable and ran as admin
except hiding Hidden+System files, of course.
View 9 Replies View RelatedRecently I upgraded my computer. I have some hidden files on my external from my old system (XP). I cannot, for the life of me get these files to open.
Here is what I have tried:
- Changing ownership (after disabling the easy sharing folder option)
- Working with the admin command prompt (every time it said the folder on my external was a bad or syntactically incorrect entry).
- Changing user permissions.
- Logging in on safe mode and trying the above things.
The files show up as green text, and even after all of these attempts (and copious head-against-wall banging) I cannot open the files. Every program I try to open them with says “You do not have permission to access this file”. A similar message is displayed every time I try to move or change the files.
I have been able to open a few of the files (since the problem began) even though they do not seem to be different file types or status’.
I read a few threads similar to this, but every method has failed, and my problem seems a little different given the XP to Vista nature of the problem and the green text nonsense.
Basically i keep my thoughts personally secret as well as my files in PC, so i want to know how to hide hidden files and folders during search in Vista,when other person try or accidently saw those files and locations in my PC. I am using Vista 32 bit Ultimate version. I tried some options in index that didn't understand much about it to hide hidden folders and files during search. I don't want to show the search results that i made those folders and files hidden to be visible in search.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI performed a Clean Install of Windows Vista Ultimate, on a new computer. I loaded all of my software in preparation of switching my production system from WXP to Vista. I then noticed something about the disk space.
I have 232 GB drive and C Properties indicated I was using 69 GB. Looking at the drive with Windows Explorer (Folder options are set to show all files), I tag all files and the properties show I am using 19 GB of storage. That is correct, as it is similar to the amount of storage used on several Vista beta systems. So, where is the missing 50 GB?
I found a program, WinDirStat (http://windirstat.info/) which confirms I am missing 50 GB as it does the same math I do and it labels the missing amount as Unknown. That is not terrible useful, as one would like to know what the actual files are.
I did all of the usual cleaning up (Disk Cleanup, clear the Recycle bin, remove all System Points and turn of Shadow Copies). The System Volume Information folder has only 20 KB of files in it. I surfed the Internet looking for other file management software which would show the missing files. I did not find any.
I just migrated from a Win98 system to Vista Home Premium. All new hardware. In Win98 I had to delete the .tmp files every week before I backed up. I can't find the .tmp files in Vista. Can someone tell me where they are & do I need to clean them out.
View 8 Replies View RelatedI updated from home basic to home premium and cannot find any of my files. It appears everything was wiped out.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI updated from home basic to home premium and cannot find any of my files. It appears everything was wiped out.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI would like to locate all the files in my User account (Documents folder, etc.) that are over a year old--so I can decide if I want to just delete them.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI figured out why some of my files weren't turning up in search, it was because they weren't indexed. These were mostly some of my .mp3s I've downloaded from the internet or ripped from a CD. So I'm wondering, why are some of my .mp3s automatically indexed the way they're suppose to be and some aren't? Also, is there an easier way to find out which files aren't indexed rather than having to check it in properties for each file? That takes a long time...
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have backup software on my computer that backs up to an off-sitelocation.I had some questions about how well it was or wasn't functioning, and I attempted to send the tech a copy of the data log as an attachment to my email to him.However, after I attach it to the email, when I try to send it I get a pop-up that says, "Some of the files could not be found, and could not be attached to the message. Would you like to send the message anyway?" What is causing this problem? As far as I can tell, I do not have the
file opened when I'm trying to send the email. (I sent the log anyway by copying it and pasting it into a Word document, and then attaching that to my email.)
I put some files from my computer as annexes to a message. But when I order to send it a message says that they could not find those files and asking if I wish to send message without them. what to do to send the message with those files
View 7 Replies View RelatedCourt hearings are recorded in .wav files we can get copies of on CDs. But we can't find a program that plays them. The whole codec thing is over my head and more trouble than I want to deal with. Is it a Vista thing? Are wav files no longer compatible? The old recorder program used to record and play them. I can't find anything that simple anymore.
View 7 Replies View RelatedWhat happened to the viewed files history? It used to be (in XP) that if you opened, say, My Computer, and pressed ctrl+h, you would see all the files you had looked at using windows explorer. Now, the internet explorer history works perfectly fine, but for the life of me I cannot find this file history on vista.
View 5 Replies View Relatedwhere to find the temp internet Video file stored on the PC while browsing the internet. I was watching video's from I tube site when i click on some video it gets downloaded on the pc and then plays. I want to know in which folder these files gets stored in Windows Vista.
View 5 Replies View Relatedhave just upgraded to vista home premium from xp.found my music files but can not find any other user music files,has update deleted or have they been moved
View 5 Replies View RelatedI am thinking of rebuilding the search index. I have noticed that the search
function does not find files I know are there. I think I know how to do it, and I gather it will take a long time.
I recently upgraded from Windows Vista Home Basic to Windows Vista Ultimate. While running the Disk Cleanup utility, listed under "files to delete:" was an unchecked box "Files discarded by Windows upgrade 1.34GB". The description box below states: "Files from a previous Windows installation. As a precaution, Windows upgrade keeps a copy of any files that were not moved to the new version of Windows and were not identified as Windows system files. If you are sure that no user's personal files are missing after the upgrade, you can delete these files." My question: How do I find these files so I can decide if I wish to delete or not?
View 4 Replies View Relatedhave just upgraded to vista home premium from xp.found my music files but can not find any other user music files,has update deleted or have they been moved
View 5 Replies View RelatedMy laptop motherboard fried, so I removed the hard drive and purchased a caddy. When I plug the hard drive in to my new desktop PC I am able to see that only 4GB of the 100 GB capacity is available (as should be the case). However, I cannot see any of my files on there (folders I had created on the desktop etc.).
The only folders I can see are PerfLogs, Program Files, SwSetup, Users, Windows and two of my personal folders (both containing some photos). I really need to find the rest of my files as I have 12GBs of photos and videos of my baby boy on there, and would be gutted if I cannot access them again (for obvious reasons). Nothing else is important.